Today I read an article that introduces a 12 years old boy who is a physically handicapped person. He has many talents. He can play a piano and skateboard as well as swim. Last April, he got a prize in the drawing contest. But surprising thing is that he has only one arm and one finger. People are surprised again with the fact that he has cheerful mind and a strong will even though he is the disabled. And he has made an effort to adjust environment without any frustration. I think he is a great guy but his family is also respectable. If they didn’t give enough love to their son, he would have difficult adjusting everything around him. Two weeks ago I went to camp with mentally retarded children and their parents. I could see that how many parents are dedicated for their children. So I was very impressed on that. 

      Every Sunday evening I watch variety show about being married. At first, I just envied the couples and wanted to get married. Moreover, I take it for granted to get married if two people are falling in love each other  but now I don’t. Of course, I still want to get married but the thing is my thought about marriage has been changed. It’s more complicated than I thought and there is something more than that. While watching that show, I casted a doubt on my ability to handle the situations that I will face when I get married. It’s not only about love. It’s about me, my husband, our family and our friends. Then I realized that means a lot to me. I am not saying that marriage is bad but saying that we all should think seriously before making up our mind to get married. These days, getting divorce has became easier than before and many divorced people can live their lives like normal people but that doesn’t mean that the divorce doesn’t need to be the last choice. It should be the last thing to do and to avoid this we need to think ahead before making a huge mistake.

  I had coffee with my friend from America. While I was trying to catch his interests, I’ve got to know that he is just into Korean female singers and their songs. He knows much better than me and he even can name all members of team “Girls Generation.” He named other Korean groups and solo working singers but I didn’t get anyone of them. I asked him, “Do you watch all TV shows and dramas?” “No” He answered. 

What he watches is chanel Mtv that shows Korean pop musics with ‘Music video’ all through the day. He barely watches other programs. I was surprised at he knows something about Korea way much better than me.  I’ve got the feeling that depends on how we put big time for something, regardless nation or cultural differences, we can be experts no matter what it is about. 

In addition to it, he recommanded me to go some bars and pups which are his favourite around Hongik Univ. I was learning and listening about something of Korea from foreigner.

We all know dog is mans best  friend but what is it really mean? What does it mean to have a dog as your friend? The question might seem simple and not important but it is really good way to understand people social attachment. The reason we like dogs and other animals for friends is a simple reason. They don’t judge us like humans do. They usually always stay your friend and always there for you because well they don’t have busy lifes. So is this important? For some it might be. Someone with a busy life style might find it hard to keep friends but a dog could be there to build a simple social relationship. But it also has its down sides for it takes much effort to raise a dog. So the reason I bring this topic into media is because of the media following of dog.

Media defines dogs as pets that are suitable for a friend. We see dogs in movies, tv shows and they usually complete the family. Why does media try to progress the dog and human relationship?

My hobby is to watch movie and TV show and to read a newspaper, magazine and books so I think the media is a part of my life and it makes me do something like a vitamin in my body. For example, if there is no media, I could not live because there is nothing to do for me. Actually, I really like to watch the media. Sometimes, the media makes me rouse so in my case, after watching movie or soap opera, I decide to study or work hard like actress in movie or soap opera. Therfore, the media have me move from laziness. When I am very tired and just want to see Tv and take a rest, through this situation, i can have energy and be diligent. For instant, when i watch TV drama, if I really like the main actress I daydreamt as if I would be the main actress in the drama. As a result, I really want to be like main pretty actress. In my opinion, sometimes, the media give me energy and vitamin for my boring life so I think the media is the important part of my life ^^

  http://www.mybucketlist.co.kr/

I’ve watched a movie, The Bucket List. It’s about two men who lived totally different life, but they meet in a hospital because they are suffered from cancer. Since they are in the same sick room, they get to know each other then start to make a list that they really want to do before their death. the list they make in the movie is called ‘The bucket list’ and it is derived from a saying ‘Kick the bucket’.

When I decided to watch the movie, I didn’t really mean to look back on the past. However, as they try to finish on their bucket list, I started to think about my bucket list. I’m just 22 years old, but I don’t really think that I’d be able to do everything for the rest of my life. Since I like to avoid other’s attention, I don’t really do whatever I want to do though it’s the only chance for me to live in the world.

We usually say that we should live every second with our best try at our lives. Do you think that you’re doing your best on your life? for every second? 

I like music, especially classical music most. This isn’t related with elegant or something!

From the Vivaldi’s Four seasons to Yiruma’s piano music, I like some instrumental music. It really makes me calm and relieved when I feel awkward and frigntened. I have hundreds of CD of classic.

My favorite musician is Rachmaninoff who is often used a theme in the films like Shine, For Horowitz and Nodame Cantavile(Japanese TV program.) And I like Chopin and Beethoven also. I have their music album and listen them whenever having meal or doing some homework.

And I like the sound of Basoon in the orchestra. Its calm and holy sound takes me another world. If I have any chance I really want to play that instrument.

I sometimes watch interesting video clips in the Youtube site. The site has enormous videos and gives me lots of sources I want to see. The videos are given to us for fun as free stuffs. I think the function of media is good to us, and thus should be promoted by making more videos. However, there are some problems of copyright. When I read the Free Culture, I got one fact. We usually upload the video clips as it is or modified and remixed one, which are regulated in the same ways by the law. However, the regulation of the former and the latter should be separated according to the book. The reason is that the using of original sources as it is violates creator’s property, but remixed and modified ones can promote the creativity and the industries. I agree with his opinion. As I mentioned above, In the Youtube, there are a host of interesting video clips which has great creativity. I believe that the kind of modified creations should be protected by the law to boost our creativities and the industries.

TV Show Program ‘We are married’ There is a TV show called ‘We are married.’ There are four star couples who are pretending as if they are married; they actually live in a same house together and have time together as real couple. The show pretends as if they are showing the couples’ private life and it’s quite interesting.

However, I am little bit uncomfortable with how the couples interact with each other in a view of role stereotype. Usually, men are preparing events and performances for women and women usually receive those in this show, and I feel women are passive in that situation. Also there are many scenes that show stereotype of woman and man, for example men are handling all the hard works and women are showing as someone who needs protection of men.

I agree that it’s actually what happens in real life but by showing that through media and stars it reinforces the stereotype of men and women.

Do you know Ho Soo-Kyung who is radio presenter. She is called miss mom that means woman who choose to have babies through artificial insemination without being married and sexual intercourses. Last year, she announced that she is expecting a baby. But she didn’t identify the baby’s father. She just said, she had undergone artificial insemination. And then she gave a birth successfully. Actually I didn’t know anything about that at that time. I just know what’s going on to her by seeing a documiniserises ‘human theater’ recently. After her announcement through media, matter of miss mom becomes hot issue. So people begin to talk about whether miss mom should be accepted as a new type of a family or not. I don’t think miss mom is wrong. But I worry about that miss moms’ children may suffer from social prejudice.